Reports of Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from Chinese waters, with descriptions of two new species
Author
Dong, Chao
Author
Li, Xinzheng
text
Zootaxa
2010
2687
1
28
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.199458
08e56bed-1140-4d4a-b976-3848c01055ff
1175-5326
199458
Galathea anepipoda
Baba, 1990
(
Fig. 1
)
FIGURE 1.
Galathea anepipoda
Baba, 1990
, MBM150253, female. A, carapace and abdomen, dorsal view; B, left cephalic region, showing antennular and antennal peduncles, ventral view; C, endopod of left Mxp3, distal segments omitted, lateral view; D, left P1, dorsal view; E, right P2, lateral view; F, sternal plastron; G, pterygostomian flap. Scales = 1 mm.
Galathea anepipoda
Baba, 1990: 953
, fig. 12 (
Type
locality:
Madagascar
,
150 m
); 2005: 74, 243. —
Baba
et al.
2008
: 65
.
Galathea balssi
. —
Tirmizi & Javed 1993
: 47
, fig. 21 (not
Galathea balssi
Miyake & Baba, 1967
).
Material examined. East
China
Sea.
MBM
150241
,
1 male
(
2.2 mm
), St.
V-9
, CN V471B-
15, 106 m
, fine sand, AT,
15 Oct.1975
; MBM
150253
,
1 male
(
2.4 mm
), 3 ovigerous females (
2.7–3.3 mm
), St.
V-9
, CN V470B-
38, 110 m
, fine sand, AT,
10 Oct.1975
.
Distribution.
Previously known from
Madagascar
,
Mozambique
Channel, off
Somali Republic
, Red Sea, South Arabian Sea, central part of Indian Ocean, Sagami Bay,
Japan
;
29–
732 m
. Now also known from East
China
Sea;
106–
110 m
.
Remarks.
The specimens agree well with Baba’s (1990) description. This is the first record for the species from the Chinese waters.